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Issue Details

Issue #23
Published April 28, 1943
Cover Price 0.10 USD
Pages 68
Editing Rod Reed?

Cover Details

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]
Genre superhero
Pencils C. C. Beck
Inks Pete Costanza

1 page credits "Contents page"

15 page Captain Marvel story "The Lie Detector"

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Dr. Lye (first appearance)
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils C. C. Beck?
Inks C. C. Beck?

12 page Captain Marvel story "The Mirror of Evil"

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Eel (first appearance; villain; death); Levram (an evil mirror-duplicate Captain Marvel; first appearance; villain; death)
Genre superhero

2 page text story "The Fiery Arrow"

Script Nathaniel Nitkin
Letters typeset

3 page filler "Winners of Paste-The-Axis Contest"

Notes C. C. Beck illo

12 page Captain Marvel story "The Monster Society of Evil Ch. 2: The Jungle Trap"

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]; Mr. Mind (villain; voice only); Ibac (villain; last Golden Age appearance; next appearance in Shazam! #3)
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils C. C. Beck
Inks C. C. Beck
Reprinted in Monster Society of Evil, The (Hawk Books, 1989 series) #1

6 page Captain Kid story "Grippo the Grunter"

Characters Grippo (first appearance; a wrestler)
Script Al Liederman
Pencils Al Liederman
Inks Al Liederman

10 page Captain Marvel story "The Impossible Feats"

Characters Captain Marvel [Billy Batson]
Genre superhero
Script Otto Binder
Pencils C. C. Beck?
Inks C. C. Beck?

1 page Comix Cards (backcovers) *do not use* / *please fix*

Characters Steamboat and Lance O'Casey